Collectables?

[Allison]

>
>Subject: Re: Collectables?
>   From: Dave Dunfield <dave04a at dunfield.com>
>   Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2005 21:40:36 -0500
>     To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
>
>>Ah, IMS and IMSAI are not the same people.  I have a number of IMS boards
>>and they were also a s100 systems supplier, decent stuff too. 
>>
>>IMS Corp.     >>> IMS
>>IMS Asoc Inc  >>> IMSAI
>
>Ah (he echos) - I hadn't clued into this either, but yes, there are two
>IMSs (confused the heck out of me the first time I ran into IMS (corp.)
>boards) - this makes sense (I also had not heard of IMS (IMSAI) making
>Altair 4-slot backplane boards).
>
>
>>Two different companies.  IMS was a bit later time frame and did produce 
>>upgrades for Altair.  In fact just about everyone produced upgrades of 
>>one form or another.  Typically backplanes, power supplies, RAM, CPU and
>>of course FDC were often seen. About the only part not commonly upgraded 
>>in an Altair was the front pannel though that could be done as well.
>
>Really? I don't recall ever seeing a third-party front panel on an Altair
>(at least not a commercially produced one) - who made one, and are there
>any links to photos anywhere?
>
>Regards,
>Dave
>-- 

Godbout had one that was hex keyboard and multi digit numeric led diplays
rather than toggle switches. There was also the 8800B FP which was very 
different from the A version in implmentation.  The 8800 (and A) FP was 
a nightmare of oneshots and was wired to the backplane with a bundle of 
wires (can you say rinngggg!) plus an wire connection to the CPU card 
as well. 

Allison